Casing and stand



0.1;. GLOVER.

CASING AND STAND. v H APPUCATION FILED APR. 20,1920 1,407,526, PatentedFeb. 21, 1922.

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C. G. GLOVER. CASING AND STAND.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1920.

' 1,407,526, Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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UNETEE STATES casino AND STAND.

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- Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedlFeb. 21, 1922.

Application filed April 20, 1320. Serial No. 375,282.

To all "to hem it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. GLovnR, acitizen of the United States, and resident of lVatertown, county ofMiddlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvementin Casings and Stands, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters onthe drawings representing like parts in each of the several views.

This invention relates to casings or envelopes for merchandise ingeneral and particularly for goods of a liquid or flowable charactercontained in bottles. More particularly'the invention consists in acasing, box, or envelope for bottles that is constructed and arranged tobe converted or transformed at will into a stand adapted to hold thebottle against casual tipping over and also adapted to facilitate accessto the contents of the bottle. A principal object of the invention is toprovide a casing or envelope for bottled liquids or the like that isadapted to be-folded or partially collapsed endwise along predeterminedlines in a manner so that braces are produced at certain, or all, of thesides of the casing extending downward and outward from a pointintermediatefthe height of the casing to the base thereof and preventingcasual tipping over the bottle contained in the envelope. Thisendwisefolding or partial collapsing of the casing also serves to expose thetop and neck portion of the/bottle so that the contents thereof maybemore readily accessible. While herein shown as applied to therectangular casing'or box such as (JOEL monly made of paper board andwith top and'bottom closures, thisshowing is to be understood tobemerely illustrative of the invention in its broader aspects, since theinvention may be embodied equally as well in a casing or envelopewithout top or bottom, or either of themand it may also beembodied incasings or wrappers of any desired cross section, i. e. whether square,or oblong, or polygonal, or round. Likewise while for most uses paperboard is a suitable and preferred material, it is to-be understood thatany suitable material is within the contemplation of the invention, theprime requisite being that it have at least a fair degree of stilfnessand be capable of severance and pie-disposition to fold alongpredetermined lines. The foregoing and other Objects and advantages ofthe invention will more fully appear from the following detaileddescription, and the distinctive features of novelty will be thereafterpointed out in the appended claims.

hieferring to the drawings:

ld 1g. 1 1s a perspective view showing a casingor envelope embodying theinvention in one form thereof;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the box or casing of Fig. l at thebeginning of a folding or collapsing movement to convert it into abracing stand;

Fig. 8'is an elevation showing the casing completely folded or collapsedand transformed into a bracing stand in accordance with my invention;

Fig. l is a perspective view showing a casing embodying the invention ina somewhat modified form especially adapted for oblong boxes;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing an oblong casing transformed into abracing stand; and

Fig. 6 is an end view of the of Fig. 5.

Referring first to Figures 1, 2, and 3, 10 indicates a box or casing ofrectangular cross section, and as shown substantially square, adapted toencase a bottle B. This case is herein shown as formed with a bottom andwith flaps 11 adapted to 'be' folded in to bracing stand constitute atop closure, but this closure of the bottom or top or either is optionaland selective so far as the invention is concerned. In accordance withmy invention this casing is adapted to be formed intermediate the lengththereof with lengthwise extending slits 12, these slits in this formbeing along the corners of the box and relatively nearer the bottom ofthe boX to permit the folding outward and downward of panel portions toconstitute braces as now-to be explained.

Intermediate the length of the slits 12 the box has its sidestransversely creased or otherwise weakened or pie-disposed to bend alongthe lines 13, these pro-disposed lines of bending being somewhat nearerto the lower than to the upper ends of the slits 12. The sides of thebox are also preferably creased or otherwise pro-disposed to bend alongthe transverse lines 14; at the lower With this point is not whollyessential.

this formation upon a pressing downward of the top portion of the boxthe side portions 15 of the box between the lines 13, 14; will bendoutward together with the portions 16 between the lines 18 and the planeof the tops of the slits 12 as indicated at 17. This bending outward ina preliminary stage is indicated in Figure 2 and upon a continuationthereof the panels 15 are pressed downward so that they, together withthe panels 16 along side thereof, constitute diagonal braces 18extending downward to the plane of the box bottom as shown in Figure 3.For this purpose it is to be understood that the lines ofbcnding 1.3,1.4 are so arranged with respect to the height of the box that thepanels 15 are slightly greater in height than the distance from thelines 14 to the bottom of the box, and the panels 16 are somewhat longerthan the panels 15 which results in a certain tension or stress when thepanels are folded to constitute the braces 18, keeping these braces inoperative position. While the slits 12 are thus essential in thetransformation of the box or easing into a stand, it is optional whetherthese slits be formed in the box at the time ofmanufacture, or merelydesignations thereof be thenproduced, leaving the user to produce theactual slits. Thus the box asmanufactured and supplied to the trade maybe either slitted, or slit designations may be formed thereon, or it maybe weakened along the lines for slitting by perforations or by series ofshort slits with intermediate uncut portions, or any other preferredindica tion for the pre-determined slits provided. It is also to beunderstood that while it is essential for the proper transformation ofthe box into a stand that the box be transversely creased or otherwisepredisposed to bend along the definite lines 13, it is not so essentialthat it be actually creased or otherwise particularly pro-disposed tobend along the lines 1 1 since as the panel por- *tions 15, 16 start tobend outward, this bending will be necessarily along approximately thelines 1 1 which meet the lower extremities of the slits 12. If desiredthe box may be also pro-disposed to bend along the lines 1.7.

'but'this is usually not preferable, since the spring tension created bythe pressing outward of the panels 16 contributes materially to thetensioned or stressed holding of the braces 18 in position as alreadyexplained after the box is collapsed into a stand. In the boxes ofsquare cross section, the described folding or collapsing of the panelportions to constitute braces is preferably provided on all four sides,but in the case of oblong boxes having two wide sides and two relativelynarrow sides, it may be preferred to provide these braces on the twowide sides of the box only. Such a construction is illustrated inFigures 4, 5,,and 6. In

this case the wide sides of the box are creased or transverselypro-disposed to bend along the lines 18". The vertical slits, ordesignations for slits 12, are in this case shown as formed in thecorners of the box in like manner already described. In this form thetwo narrower sides of the box do not provide panel portions to foldoutward but they are transversely slitted as indicated at 19 so that theportion above such slits may telescope downward along-side the lowerportion as indicated at 20 in Figure In this case the braces 18 areproduced upon the wide sides of the box in the same manner as in thefirst described form and the top and neck portion of the bottle Bisexposed above the top of the box in the same way. It will beunderstood that while in this form the slits 19 in the narrow sides ofthe box are shown as extending straight across the box or horizontally,this is merely illustrative and any preferred arrangement of such slitsmay be employed so long as these narrow sides are slitted entirelyacross the same to permit the end portions thereof to move to wards eachother in the collapsing or endwise contraction of the box to form thebraces as described. In the application of the invention to a round orpolygonal wrapper encasing a round or oval bottle, the casing may beprovided with anyrequired multiplicity of lengthwise or vertical slitsproducing thus a polygonal arrangement of the panels which aretransformed into braces upon the collapsing of the box as al: readydescribed. In such a form as well as in those describedv in detail, thelengthwise slits may be produced by a suitable severance deviceincorporated in the box and adapted to predetermine the lines alongwhich the slits would appear. While having other and more general fieldsof usefulness the invention is well adapted and designed to provide acombined wrapper and stand for bottled goodssuch as liquid shoedressing, liniments, medicines and the am aware that the invention maybe embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit oressential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the presentembodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and notrestrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than tothe foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A casing having longitudinal slits and pre-disposed for transversebending along lines adapted to produce a plurality of downwardlyextending braces upon collapsing of the casing to transform the sameinto a stand.

2. A casing having pie-designated slits extending lengthwise thereof andpredisposed lines of folding extending transversely thereof intermediatethe length of the casing, relatively arranged to produce downwardlyextending braces at opposite sides of the easing upon endwisecontraction thereof.

3. A casing for bottles and the like slitted lengthwise along spacedapart lines intermediate the length thereof and pre-disposed for foldingalong transverse lines also intermediate the length thereof to produce aplurality of downwardly projecting braces extending substantially to theplane of the bottom of the casing upon endwise contraction of thecasing.

4. A casing for bottles and the like slitted lengthwise intermediate thelength thereof and relatively nearer its'bottoni, and predisposed forfolding along transverse lines also intermediate its length andrelatively nearer its bottom to define a plurality of panels adapted tobe folded outward and downward upon endwise contraction of the casing toproduce a plurality of downwardly projecting braces extendingsubstantially to the plane of the bottom of the casing.

5. A casing for bottles and the like, rectangular in cross section withlengthwise slit designations on intermediate portions of the cornersthereof and pre-disposed for the folding of opposite sides thereof alonglines intersecting such slit designations and spaced to produce panelsadapted to fold outward and downward upon endwise con traction of thecasing to produce opposite braces at opposite sides of the casingextending substantially to the plane of the bottom of the casing.

6. A casing for bottles and the like predesignated and predisposed forendwise contraction to fold panels outward and downward therefrom andproduce thereby opposite braces extending substantially to the plane ofthe bottom of the casing.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES G. GLOVER.

